Under Sinus's proper operation, the "elevator" was activated once again—it was a device similar to the Theocracy's lifts. Considering the order of things, perhaps the Theocracy's lifts had been modeled after the Tower to the Heavens.
There was no danger on the previous few layers, just as Iver had seen. The Tower to the Heavens had already become an empty void.
Although the device on the Fourth Layer was valuable, carrying it while moving to the upper layers would likely be inconvenient. Therefore, they did not stop when passing through the Fourth Layer, but continued upward first.
"...These independent spaces stacked one layer after another, this towering building reaching vertically into the heavens, and this transparent elevator independent of the platform. All of it really feels familiar."
Iver complained.
Cardinal Galatea behind him calmly said, "That isn't strange. The civilization of the Mammalian Ones naturally came later than that of the Winged Ones and Scaled Ones. At the beginning of civilization, imitating one's predecessors was normal. Just as humans imitated elves."
"Mammalian Ones..."
Iver repeated Cardinal Galatea's way of referring to elves.
...It had to be said that elves really were quite large on average.
He could not help tugging at Cardinal Galatea beside him before asking, "Were the elves the earliest Mammalian Ones?"
"That's right. Nurturing others with their own milk—isn't that the principle behind the Illumination Spell?"
Cardinal Galatea asked in return, "You should remember that when young priests first learned the Illumination Spell, their bodies would always give off a milky scent. That was a remnant of the Illumination Spell from before it became a class skill. The priest class originated from the Mammalian Ones, just as mages came from the Winged Ones and alchemists came from the Scaled Ones."
Turning one's own flesh and blood into